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Domain extensions are acronyms that define the type of domain name. There are various domain extensions used in the cyberspace. .com is the most common and commercial of all because it caters to the general commercial internet audiences. Domain extensions play an important role in how the website is categorized over the internet.

In the domain name industry like in every other industry, the name of the game is \”buyer beware\”! If you don\’t know what you\’re doing, you may be buying a domain name that only a fraction of the Web can reach – or one that has no real existence outside a database and an accounting entry, one that cannot be used for an actual site! To avoid being caught out with the wrong kind of domain name, it\’s important to understand what different types of domain name extension exist.

.Com – company/commercial, but it can pretty much be used for any website. .Net – network and is habitually used for a network of sites. .Org – organization and is meant to be for non-profit entities. .Us, .Nu, .Co.Uk, – Are country specific domain extensions that may require the   registrant to be a national of the said country. .Biz, .Info – These and other like them are domain extensions that have been added as there are barely any little and plain domain addresses left to apply for.

What to considering when you choose domain name?

As short as possible As generic as possible, but related (resale value, trademarks etc.) No hyphens, numbers or misspellings First letter as close to \”a\” as possible Easy to remember (would you remember it if you heard it on the radio) Easy to spell (especially for international clients) .com is universally recognised and remembered – the \”Beverly Hills\” of extensions. The new extensions such as .biz etc will take a few years to be accepted. No doubling up of letters – e.g. developmenttools.

A domain registrar is a company that allows you to use a domain name contained in its database for a fixed amount of price. Domain registrars have an extensive database of domain names that they sell out or rent out in exchange of necessary fees. You can register your domain name and make sure no one else uses it.

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You may choose any address for your website, as long as it is still available. When choosing the address, try to keep the address as short as possible so that your customers can remember it easily, preferably one that relates to your company. There are many cases where people attempt to keep the web address short, but end up with a rather nonsensical address.

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